Senior Database Administrator – PostgreSQL

Fareportal is seeking a Senior PostgreSQL Database Administrator to design, operate, and evolve highly available, scalable PostgreSQL platforms that support Fareportal’s global travel technology ecosystem. This role is critical to ensuring the availability, performance, and resilience of mission critical database systems powering Fareportal’s high volume, customer facing applications. The ideal candidate brings deep PostgreSQL expertise, hands on Patroni experience, and a strong background in production operations and advanced troubleshooting. Experience with MySQL in enterprise environments is highly desirable. Key Responsibilities PostgreSQL Architecture & Design Design and maintain scalable, fault tolerant PostgreSQL architectures aligned with Fareportal’s business and growth strategy Define standards for PostgreSQL cluster design, configuration, versioning, and lifecycle management Architect and operate high availability PostgreSQL environments using Patroni with distributed consensus systems (etcd / Consul) Lead PostgreSQL upgrades, migrations, and platform modernization initiatives with minimal downtime Evaluate and implement PostgreSQL extensions, features, and best practices suitable for large scale production workloads Operations & Production Support (Primary Focus) Own the day to day operational health of PostgreSQL platforms across production and non production environments Lead major incident response, including failovers, performance degradation, replication issues, and data consistency problems Perform deep root cause analysis (RCA) and drive long term corrective and preventive actions Tune PostgreSQL for performance and stability, including: Memory and storage optimization WAL and checkpoint tuning Autovacuum and bloat management Query optimization and execution plan analysis Manage and validate backup, restore, and point in time recovery strategies (pgBackRest, Barman, or equivalent) Act as a senior escalation point during on call rotations and high severity production events Patroni & High Availability Design, configure, and operate Patroni based PostgreSQL clusters in production Troubleshoot and resolve complex HA scenarios such as: Leader election failures Split brain conditions Network partitions and fencing issues Define and tune HA behavior (failover, switchover, synchronous replication settings) Establish safe maintenance, patching, and upgrade procedures for HA environments

Automation, Monitoring & Reliability Drive automation initiatives for PostgreSQL provisioning, configuration, patching, and deployments Implement proactive monitoring and ing for performance, replication, capacity, and availability Partner with SRE and infrastructure teams to improve platform reliability, quality, and operational tooling Develop and maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures Cross Database Expertise (Desired) Provide architectural and operational guidance for MySQL platforms where applicable Troubleshoot MySQL performance, replication, and availability issues Support coexistence or migration strategies between PostgreSQL and MySQL environments Infrastructure & Tooling Strong Linux fundamentals Experience with cloud or hybrid environments (AWS / Azure / GCP) Familiarity with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, etc.) Scripting skills in Bash, Python, or similar